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Ray Stern

Ray has worked as a newspaper reporter in Arizona for more than two decades. He's won many awards awards for his reporting, including the Arizona Press Club's Don Bolles Award for Investigative Journalism.

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Debbie Moak, director of the Arizona Governor's Office of Youth, Faith and Family, worked closely with the group that helped defeat Proposition 205 in November. That much is not in dispute. But did Moak use the resources of her office — including ...

David Farca has resigned his volunteer role as president of the Arizona-Mexico Commission as he remains embroiled in a lawsuit over his personal business dealings. Governor Doug Ducey had appointed Farca to the unpaid position last year. The ...

On July 11, a 911 operator turned down a woman's request for police to come to her home after she reported hearing multiple gunshots that police believe were fired by the Serial Street Shooter. Police say the suspect is responsible for seven homic...

Christmas spirit beat out wilderness-area ethics in the fight to keep a Christmas tree at the summit of Phoenix's iconic Camelback Mountain. City officials reversed course on Wednesday afternoon, deciding to allow a undecorated tree after saying p...

At ground level, signs of Christmas are everywhere — from stores and homes to the wreath-adorned automobiles on freeways. You might think hiking in one of Phoenix's mountain parks, where the goal has long been to keep things in as natural a state ...

Lucid Motors, a would-be electric-car company based in Silicon Valley, announced plans on Tuesday to build a $700 million car plant in Casa Grande that would have parts supplied by firms in Sonora, Mexico. Arizona Governor Doug Ducey led a gatheri...